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Starbirth Assignment SHIFTER (English Edition) Formato Kindle

Edizione Inglese di J M Johnson (Autore) Formato: Formato Kindle
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An illegal mind-restructuring drug threatens chaos. A black ops team searches for the source.

Lock Harford is only one of two ‘Shifters’ – capable of moving through a different dimension using the power of thought and invaluable to military and intelligence organisations – at least until Starbirth appears on the streets of America and Britain.
As distribution spreads across the world the results of a Starbirth pandemic are feared as criminal and insane Shifters wreak havoc. Lock and a small unit of covert operatives are given the task of finding the source of Starbirth and shutting it down, but their efforts are hindered by corrupt, ruthless people with their own agendas.

Starbirth Assignment Shifter is the first book in J M Johnson’s Starbirth Series: fantasy adventures set within a contemporary military basis.
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Bigmanrunning
5,0 su 5 stelle A good mix of military action, spies, and near future sci-fi
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 29 novembre 2012
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I bought this book and its sequel as I needed to get more information on the back stories in the author's third book, The Shifter Dimension. I found the book hard to put down. It has a good mix of military action, spy thriller intrigue, and near future sci-fi.

I enjoyed reading about the Regiment and it's operators. There were detailed accounts of how operations likely happen, only this time with the aid of sci-fi drugs that alter physiology and physics as we know them. In addition, you see also the depravity of drug lords and the seedy underworld of the narco-trafficing in South America. There were plenty of twists and turns throughout the book.

The author writes about her characters well enough that you have a good idea of what they think and feel. The characterizations are solid and detailed. Yet, none of them are completely predictable, nor are they black and white. The good guys have some flaws, and sadly, some of the bad guys have a little bit of character. You are put right in the middle of the story and find yourself pulling for the characters to come through well.

A thoroughly solid, believable story about what might happen if someone gets hold of just the right drug, but for the wrong reasons. The fictional characters and their governments are left trying to sort out the mess. An inexpensive book by an indie author that is certainly worth more than the kindle price. An excellent read.
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Karl Wiggins
5,0 su 5 stelle An Excellent Read
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 12 ottobre 2013
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I'm not really a fan of sci-fi books, although I'm not too sure `Starbirth Assignment' would be classified as sci-fi. You see I kind of believe all this stuff. They say we only use about an eighth of our mind, so there's got to be some powers hidden away in those other seven eighths.

So now I've officially classed myself as a weirdo, I'd better get on with this review. The difference between the likes of Philip Pullman, J.K. Rowling and J.M. Johnson is that JM has her feet fixed firmly on the ground.

She is extraordinarily well-informed. Her research is either painstakingly thorough or she has access to a whole SAS regiment. As opposed to Gyptians, armoured bears and spectres, JM has Shifters, who have a variety of powers. In `Starbirth Assignment' the SAS are employing Shifters who have the ability to teleport, to see auras or to move objects with the power of the mind.

They're battling drug barons in Central America, who are also employing people with these powers, but brought on by substance abuse rather than controlled measures. All of which makes for a cracking read.

I found myself particularly drawn to SAS trooper, Jimmy Mackenzie, who seems to get the bollocks kicked out of him wherever he goes until your own telepathy allows you to feel his pain. "Isn't there somewhere else I should have been today," you can imagine Jimmy saying.

All in all, this is an excellent read that I would highly recommend. Well done.
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Judith Rook
4,0 su 5 stelle Military Adventure for the Future
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 14 novembre 2018
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From the opening flurry of action to the high-tension final crisis, “Starbirth Assignment – Shifter” by JM Johnson satisfies everything a reader might expect from a military and espionage narrative. In a science future world, where genetic modification has become a strange weapon that can give serious edge to political powers, confrontations still involve soldiers, spymasters and drug barons.
Thoroughly grounded in contemporary military realism, the novel explores the idea that humans may one day develop the psychic ability to transcend place, if not time. It is a fascinating speculation, and is the fundamental theme which underpins the extended narrative
Although the novel lacks the imaginative world-building, characteristic of classic SciFi writing, it offers a very interesting and sometimes riveting look into the lives and work of highly trained special forces soldiers, written from a background of meticulous research.
Sometimes the supporting details take over, and description flows at length in a search for authenticity as the backdrop for the consistently exciting action. But this will be an attraction for some readers to whom the specifics of processes and places matter.
So far as characters are concerned, Johnson has the ability to hit the ground running. Even the very minor players have an immediate individual strength which provides depth to the events. The main characters are fully rounded, and the fact that they are not greatly developed does not detract from the richness of the narrative, because the book’s dominant feature is the vivid and often gritty action.
Various settings, including the Scottish Highlands, the espionage agencies of London and the rainforests of Colombia are a strong element in the storyline, and the presence of a secretive world-wide power cartel adds a further dimension to the plot, which is multilayered, very fast-paced yet always under the writer’s control.
“Starbirth Assignment – Shifter” offers a high level of enjoyment, brought about by the excellent quality of writing and the quick pace of the action, which is not so fast that essential details of setting and event are missed. The narrative is presented in an easy and attractive style, and is very highly recommended to a general adult readership.
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Elara
4,0 su 5 stelle Near-future Superheros in the SAS
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 5 ottobre 2017
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“During levi-flying and teleportation – or Shifting as you call it – you use a reverse Casimir force.”

Lock Harford is a very special human being - he has the power to teleport across the globe, even taking others with him. He was not born that way but exposure in childhood to mysterious chemical agent unlocked that and other ‘gifts’ such as the ability to see living auras. He and his friend, Mike Northwood, were the only people in the world with these Shifter abilities. Until the illegal drug Starbirth started handing it out to anyone who could afford a dose. Harford has been using his abilities in the British Special Forces for years, but now he has to come up against people with the same abilities - and some with ones he has never imagined possible.

This is a superhero book with a military slant and the author clearly has a lot of expertise into the special forces style of set up and operation. The technology is fascinating, near-future sci-fi level. Things such as tiny insect-like reconnaissance drones controlled by thought through a headset for example.

"Delta Three, confirmed X-Ray at Two-Three. I have eyeball,"

The book is well written and has well-developed characters. The worldbuilding is excellent - a clearly new-future version of our own world with some very recognisable issues and some wonderful technologies which you can believe in. On the human side, the relationships between the characters are very well drawn and the characters’ reactions to events are well portrayed.

This story is jam-packed full of action and has lots of well thought out scenes to show off the technology and the Shifter skills combined. It goes pretty deeply into the special forces set up and borders onto military sci-fi, but the nature of the hero keeps it firmly rooted in the superhero genre. What is less well rooted is the perspective of the reader in the book - at times it is hard to be sure whose eyes you are sitting behind.

‘A tidal wave of something overpowering engulfed him, racing through his veins, catching the words in his throat and firing him into a frenzy.’

On the downside for me, I always struggle a bit to get into superhero books, especially those like this which try to present a hard science reason for the magical powers of the superheroes. In this case, I really struggled to buy into the idea of a drug somehow enabling people to teleport or the pretty meaningless technobabble about dark matter and alternate dimensions which were supposed to explain it. Things like the side effect of a superpower that causes irresistible sexual arousal in men (for some unexplained reason only women have this particular superpower), seemed to be put in just for the sake of working gratuitous sexual references into the book. On a more human level, Harford was not really believable to me when he was being cast as the ‘maverick superhero kicking against the establishment’ - he was simply too integrated and invested in that system, from his marriage to his clear and strong commitment to his military colleagues, for it to fly.

Those personal gripes aside, if you love superhero books you should snag this at once. It is a completely different take on the theme and is racey, pacey and aces on action!
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Sibyl Mory
5,0 su 5 stelle ORIGINAL THRILLER
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 14 novembre 2016
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Lock, working with the SAS, possesses special powers such as levitation and teleportation, following exposure to a drug in south America years before. He has the mental power to shift physically to a different dimension, making him an ideal member of elite secret special forces. In this first book in the series, he is presented with the ultimate challenge: a new, unlicensed drug induces the same effects on a host of criminals and deviants. In order to avert ultimate worldwide catastrophe, Lock and his team are charged with the task of finding its source and eliminating it. This great premise results in a gripping story, full of intrigue and brutal action, and with wit and conversational authenticity thrown into the mix. Original, intricate, viable, well-researched and well-written. Highly recommended.
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